Environmental Science & Technology / Clay Product

Environmental Science and Technology (EST) Division is engaged in R&D work on the development of process technologies for the manufacture of cementitious products from agro-industrial wastes such as rice husk, fly ash, blast furnace slag, in phosphogypusm and lime sludges. Emphasis is laid on environmental pollution control in process industries related to building materials, such as cement, lime, bricks and pest management in buildings.

R&D HIGHLIGHTS

Cement Products

Masonry cements and other cementitious binders from agro-industrial wastes

Low temperature cement using mineralizers

Portland-pozzolana cement

Portland slag cement

Super-sulphated cement

Rice husk ash cement

Pollution control system for lime kilns

Gypsum Products

Fibrous Gypsum Plaster Boards

Water – resistant Gypsum Binder

Gypsum Blocks

Multiphase Plaster

Anhydrite cement

Gypsum Tiles

Pollution Monitoring

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring

River, Lake and ground water quality monitoring for organic and inorganic pollution.

EXPERTISE INFRASTRUCTURE & TESTING FACILITIES

The Division has modern equipments for evaluation of different argillites, solid fuels, agro-industrial wastes like fly ash, red mud mining & mineral tailings etc. These materials constitute the major bulk of raw materials in the manufacturing of bricks and tiles. The test facilities include